Cigar-wrapper-cutting machine.



L. ZEBMAN, G. F. FLAI) p A. WILSON. CIGAR WRAPPBR GUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNB4, 1912. 1,052,300, Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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CIGAR WRAPPER CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1912.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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WTNESSES A TTORNE Y l LOUIS ZEElVIAN, GEORGE F. FLAD, AND ABRAHAMWILSON,

0F PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-WBAPPER-CUTTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Application iled June 4, 1912. Serial No. 701,633.

To all whom t may concern VBe it known that we, LOUIS ZEEMAN, GEORGE F.FLAD, and ABRAHAM lVILsoN, citizens of the United States, residing atPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Vrapper- CuttingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to machines for cutting wrappers for cigars,the purpose being to provide a reversible and double edged cutting knifeto admit of a right or a left hand wrapper being cutfrom a leaf and tofurther provide a reversible table having a portion perforated andextending over a suction chamber by means of which the tobacco leaf isheld in place during the cutting of the wrapper or binder therefrom.

rIhe invention relates to' the variety of cigar wrapper cutting machineshaving a perforated bed piece, a suction chamber below the perforatedpart of the bed piece, a knife adapted to project through and above thebed piece, and a roller to pass over the leaf and effect a cuttingthereof to form the cigar wrapper or binder.

The invention further contemplates novel means for operating the cutterand the valve whereby a partial vacuum is created in the suction chamberto hold the tobacco leaf upon the bed during the cutting operation.

They invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularlyset, forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1is a side view partly in section of a machine of the characterinvention. Fig. 2 is a section of the suction chamber on the line xofFig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof the suction chamber and bed, showing the latter adjusted for cuttinga right hand wrapper. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing thebed adjusted for cutting a left hand wrapper. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the double edged knife or cutter. Fig. 6 is atransverse section of the cutter, showing a portion of the rod to whichit is attached. Fig. 7 is hereinbefore stated embodying the a sectionaldetail of a portion of the suction chamber and bed on the line g/-g/ ofFig. 4.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in ythe followingdescription, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the samereference characters.

The machine comprises a stand 1 which may be of suitable construction. Atable 2 and suction chamber 3 are mounted upon the stand 1, the suctionchamber being closed at its top by means of plates 4 and 5 whichconstitute the bed piece or platen of the machine' upon which thetobacco leaf is placed when cuttingthe wrapper or pointer. An opening 7is had in the bed or platen to receive the cutter or knife 6, whichlatter is double edged and reversible. The opening 7 is in line with thejoint formed between the opposing edges of the plates 4 and 5. One ofthe plates has a portion provided with a plurality of minute openings S,the perforated portion being wholly to one side of the knife opening 7.

The platen or bed is reversible, as indicated most clearly in Figs. 3and 4, to admit of a right hand or a left hand wrapper being cut from aleaf of tobacco. When the bed or platen is in position it is secured tothe suction bo-X 3 by means of fastenings 9, which may consist ofmachine screws.

The suction chamber 3 may be of any construction and is usually of boXform. A pipe 10 connects with a side of the suction chamber and isprovided in its length with a butterfly valve 11, which is under controlof the operator so that it may be opened when it is required to create asuction in the chamber 3. The pipe 10 connects with a flue 12 in whicha' suction is maintained in any manner well understood in the art. Aspring'13 is provided to normally hold the valve l1 closed. A rod 14connects an arm of the valve 1l with a treadle 15 to admit of the valvebeing opened by pressure of the foot of the operator.

The knife 6 may be of any outline depending upon the required shape ofthe wrapper or binder to be cut and conforms to the opening 7 throughwhich it is adapted to operate. The knife is formed of a strip of steelof uniform width throughout its length and both edges are sharpened,thereby admitting of either o-ne of the edges being brought intooperative position so as to project above the bed or platen. The knife4is reversible so that a right or a left hand wrapper or binder may becut from a leaf. The knife may be supported and operated in any mannerand as shown rods 16 have their upper ends attached to the knife 6 bymeans which will admit of the knife being readily disconnected from therods when it is required to reverse or to replace the knife by a new oneor by aknife of different size or shape. The rods 16 operate throughstuffing boxes 17 located in openings formed in the bottom of thesuction chamber, thereby maintaining a close fit while at the same timedirecting the knife in its vertical" movements. The lower ends of therods 16 are connected with arms 18 extending from a rock shaft19 mountedin brackets 2O pendent from the table 2. A rod 21 connects an arm 22 ofthe rock shaft 19 with a treadle 23. Under normal conditions the edge ofthe knife or cutter 6 is about flush with the bed or platen and whenpressure is' applied to the treadle 23 the knife is projected slightlyabove the bed or platen.

Al roller 24 of any construction and mounted in any manner is adapted topass over the leaf and cut the wrapper therefrom. As shown the roller 24is carried by means of a pivoted arm 25. The operation of the roller 24is well understood in the operation of the machines of which the presentinvention is a type. When the roller 24 is moved to one side of theplaten a 7tobacco leaf is placed in position upon the platen, afterwhich the treadle 15 is operated to open the valve 11, which results increating a suction in the chamber 3,v thereby drawing' the leaf upon theplaten and retaining it in place. The treadle 23 is now op# erated toproject the edge of the knife above the platen, after which the roller24 is passed over the platen to press the leaf against the cutting edgeof the knife, with the result of separating the cigar wrapper or binderfrom the leaf in the manner well understood. When it is required to cutright hand wrappersthe knife and bed are adjusted to the position aboutas shown in Fig. 3 and when left' hand wrappers are to be cut the partsare adjusted to the position indicated in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains, and while we have describedthe'principle of operation of the invention, together with the devicewhich we now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire tohave it understood thatthe device shown is merely illustrative and thatsuch changes may be made `when desired as are within the scope of theclaims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

1. In a machine for cutting cigar wrappers, a double edged cutting knifeadapted to be reversed to admit of cutting a right or a lefthand'wra-pper or of bringing a lsharpened edge into working positionwhen the edge in use has become dull.

2. In a machine for cutting cigar wrappers a platen having a knifeopening and adapted to be reversed, and a reversible knife having adouble cutting edge and adapted to be arranged with either onev of ,itsedges extending through the knife opening of the platen. v

3. In a machine for cutting cigar wrappers, a suction chamber, a platenclosing the top of the suction chamber and having a knife opening and aportion at one side of the knife opening perforated, said platen beingreversible, and a reversible knife arranged to operate through Vtheknife opening of the platen.

` In testimony whereof we afix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS ZEEMAN. GEORGE F. FLAD. ABRAHAM WILSON.

Vit'nesses: Y O.- RIDGWAY BRrGGs,

HARRY SCHWANENFELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for` `five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

` y Washington, D C.

